FROHMAN, CHARLES (186o-1915), American theatrical manager, was born at Sandusky, 0., on June 17, 1860. At the age of 12 he started to work at night in the office of the New York Tribune, attending school by day. In 1874 he began work for the Daily Graphic. In 1877 he entered the theatrical business, being for a time associated with his brother Daniel in managing the Madison Square theatre, New York. In 1890 he organized the Charles Frohman Stock Company. On Jan. 25, 1893, he opened his Empire theatre, New York. Other New York theatres with which he was at various times connected were the Criterion, Garrick, Knickerbocker, Lyceum and Savoy.
He was an adept in developing talent. Among his successful players were Maude Adams, Ethel Barrymore, Julia Marlowe, Billie Burke, William Gillette, and Otis Skinner. He was one of the organizers of the syndicate which for several years controlled the American theatres. Beginning in 1897 he presented many plays in London, leasing at different times such houses as the Duke of York's, Globe, Comedy, Vaudeville, and Adelphi. He perished when the "Lusitania" was sunk by a German submarine May 7,